9 must-read politics books like The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson

Cover of The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson

The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.47

Format: 652 pages, Hardcover

A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian World War II was…

If you liked the politics plot in The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2) by Ian W. Toll

1. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

By: Ian W. Toll

4.61

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more

Similar categories in Ian W. Toll's The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2) book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The First World War: A Complete History by Martin  Gilbert

2. The First World War: A Complete History

By: Martin Gilbert

4.16

Format: 680 pages, Paperback

It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an … read more

Similar categories in Martin Gilbert's The First World War: A Complete History book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • world history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson

3. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.29

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more

Similar categories in Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In battle, topography is fate."

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Cover of The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom

4. The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

By: Winston Groom

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviatorstells the saga of… read more

Similar categories in Winston Groom's The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote

5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

read more

Similar categories in Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The First World War by John Keegan

6. The First World War

By: John Keegan

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly end… read more

Similar categories in John Keegan's The First World War book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie by Mary Boykin Chesnut

7. Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie

By: Mary Boykin Chesnut

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

This original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chestnut, Jr., who was also an aide to… read more

Similar categories in Mary Boykin Chesnut's Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) by Rick Atkinson

8. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.67

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph… read more

Similar categories in Rick Atkinson's The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower by Hugh Ambrose, Stephen E. Ambrose

9. The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower

By: Hugh Ambrose , Stephen E. Ambrose

3.85

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In North Africa, on the beaches at Normandy, and in the Battle of the Bulge, Dwight David Eisenhowe… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Ambrose's The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

10. Marxism: Philosophy and Economics

By: Thomas Sowell

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sowell leads the reader through the Marxian scheme of ideas, shattering some existing interpretatio… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Marxism: Philosophy and Economics book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

11. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945

By: Max Hastings

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly globa… read more

Similar categories in Max Hastings's Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

12. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

By: None , None

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questi… read more

Similar categories in None's Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

13. The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: Thomas Childers

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic story of the Third Reich--how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose to power and… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Childers's The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

14. Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

By: Tom Holland

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In AD 900, few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Christendom were candidates for … read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

15. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

Similar categories in James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

16. The Arabs: A History

By: Eugene Rogan

3.86

Format: None pages,

To American observers, the Arab world often seems little more than a distant battleground character… read more

Similar categories in Eugene Rogan's The Arabs: A History book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

17. The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945

By: Max Hastings

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Examining the espionage and intelligence stories in World War II, on a global basis, bringing toget… read more

Similar categories in Max Hastings's The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945 book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

18. The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater

By: Matthew A. Rozell

4.10

Format: 322 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Matthew A. Rozell's The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

19. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland

20. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by David H. Petraeus

21. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Cover of The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

22. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • politics
  • american history
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll

23. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

By: Ian W. Toll

4.59

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more

Similar categories in Ian W. Toll's Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

24. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

Similar categories in Ian W. Toll's Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

Cover of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes

25. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

Similar categories in Coleman Hughes's The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Cover of World War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig L. Symonds

26. World War II at Sea: A Global History

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.58

Format: 770 pages, Hardcover

Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book o… read more

Similar categories in Craig L. Symonds's World War II at Sea: A Global History book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • world history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"the battlecruiser HMS Hood, which at 860 feet was the pride of the fleet. While her eight 15-inch guns were the largest then afloat, her Achilles’ heel was her relatively thin armor, which made her m…"

-Craig L. Symonds, World War II at Sea: A Global History

Cover of The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson

27. The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.47

Format: 652 pages, Hardcover

A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian World War II was… read more

Similar categories in Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of 1941: The Year Germany Lost the War by Andrew Nagorski

28. 1941: The Year Germany Lost the War

By: Andrew Nagorski

4.18

Format: 381 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski takes a fresh look at the decisive year 1941, when Hitler’s m… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Nagorski's 1941: The Year Germany Lost the War book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations by Patrick K. O'Donnell

29. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more

Similar categories in Patrick K. O'Donnell's The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free by Pete Hegseth

30. The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

By: Pete Hegseth

4.48

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Real men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs. Pete Hegseth joined the Army t… read more

Similar categories in Pete Hegseth's The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Rights are not rights when they are contingent on the favor of government or political leaders."

-Pete Hegseth, The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free

Cover of Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law by Neil Gorsuch

31. Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law

By: Neil Gorsuch

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

America has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gorsuch's Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law book and Victor Davis Hanson's The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

14 Best audiobook books like The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson

Transform Your Habits

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

Transform Your Habits

The First World War: A Complete History

Martin Gilbert

4.16

Transform Your Habits

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Rick Atkinson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

View all the books

14 Top history books like The First World War by John Keegan

Transform Your Habits

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Barbara W. Tuchman

4.13

Transform Your Habits

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Rick Atkinson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

Antony Beevor

4.32

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.